By Tammy Karasek @tickledpinktam We’ve purchased a new calendar or planner and turned to the month of January. Writers will add conferences, workshops, deadlines, and goals onto those pages. We make sure to fill in dates we’ve made commitments for and soon we see many of those squares filled. I…

by Warren Johnson @haversackhisto1 Editing a writer’s work creates beautiful, flowing prose. But sometimes it destroys any hope of writing again, like the time an editor’s comments associated with the correction of grammar of a particular student alluded to their lack of knowledge of how to write. The devastation created…

By Darlene L. Turner @darlenelturner Research—a chore or fun? Doesn’t matter the genre. Every writer has to do some sort of investigation in order to get facts straight and make their stories authentic. Some writers love research while others get the blahs when it comes to this aspect of the process.…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan Both must be built from the foundation up. Neither is a total DIY project. Each take some help. Contractor With a house, you hire a general contractor. With a novel, we already have our General Contractor … God. Take your blueprints or simply that “what-if” to…

by Lynn Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn  As I ran a few errands last week, a car pulled out in front of me. He could have waited, but it wasn’t close enough to warrant laying down on the horn, so I let it go. (As if I could do anything about it in the first…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin Whether you have never published a book or published many books, you may have this concept that authors have a magical life. They get to travel, attend amazing events and talk with well-known people about their book. Bestselling authors must have a wonderful life because they…